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In re Samaranayake, No. 20-1158 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 2, 2020)

Rule 36 Affirmance

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.: No. 20-1158
Decided: September 2, 2020
Judge: Per curiam (Rule 36)
Document: Rule 36 Judgment
Length: 2 pages

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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit IN RE: HARITHA SAMARANAYAKE, JERE

PIKKARAINEN, ANN-MARIE MAATTA, SEPPO

YLA-HERTTUALA,

Appellants 2020-1158

Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. 13/877,246.

JUDGMENT

J. MARK POHL, Pharmaceutical Patent Attorneys, LLC, Morristown, NJ, argued for appellants. AMY J. NELSON, Office of the Solicitor, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellee Andrei Iancu. Also represented by MARY L. KELLY, THOMAS W. KRAUSE.

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

2PER CURIAM (DYK, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit

Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

September 2, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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